Essays about: "tennis sport"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 24 essays containing the words tennis sport.

1. 11. "Play ball!" : A Study of Speech Variations and Characteristics of UK Sports Commentary

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Liisa Bergström; [2020]
   Keywords : sports commentary; speech variations; sociolinguistics; accents; dialects; gender; jargon; slang; colloquialisms; sports;

   Abstract : This study uncovers how and to what extent UK sports commentaries vary in terms of speech variations and other sociolinguistic factors, such as social class and gender, in relation to the social status with which different sports are associated. It also analyses how the use of jargon, slang, colloquial forms of English, and other linguistic features are incorporated in the commentaries of the sports and how it affects the information expressed by the commentators. READ MORE

3. 12. Application and Further Development of TrueSkill™ Ranking in Sports

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för systemteknik

   Author : Julia Ibstedt; Elsa Rådahl; Erik Turesson; Magdalena vande Voorde; [2019]
   Keywords : TrueSkill; ranking; machine learning; Gibbs sampling; message passing;

   Abstract : The aim of this study was to explore the ranking model TrueSkill™ developed by Microsoft, applying it on various sports and constructing extensions to the model. Two different inference methods for TrueSkill was constructed using Gibbs sampling and message passing. READ MORE

4. 13. Gender Representation in Tennis: Research on British Newspaper Coverage of Wimbledon

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Vitor Fernandez; [2018]
   Keywords : gender; sports; tennis; media; representation; corpus linguistics;

   Abstract : Throughout the history of society, women have fought hard to have equal rights in relation to men in all aspects of life. This demand for equality goes on until today and even thoughfeminists around the world have made progress in relations to right to vote, to hold politicaloffices and equal salary there are still advances to be made. READ MORE

5. 14. Grow tennis in China : How to popularize professional tennis tournaments in China through customer engagement

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF)

   Author : Fangyan Yin; [2018]
   Keywords : customer engagement; education; participation; satisfaction; conceptual model; qualitative content analysis;

   Abstract : As a highly commercialized sport, tennis is growing rapidly in the Chinese market. With robust economic growth and various supports from the government, China is becoming more and more valuable in the eyes of professional tennis tournament organizers. READ MORE

6. 15. The effect of sports diplomacy on inter-Korean relations

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien-, Mellanöstern- och Turkietstudier

   Author : Marianne Kristine Nymark; [2018]
   Keywords : Inter-Korean relations; 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games; Sports diplomacy; 1988 Seoul Olympic Games; Unified team; sunshine policy; Interkoreanska relationer; 2018 Pyeongchang vinter-OS; Sportdiplomatik; 1988 Seoul sommar-OS; Gemensamt lag; Solskenspolitiken;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to explain how sports events, in which North and South Korea have in some way worked or competed together, have affected the relationship between the two nations. This is carried out through the investigation of specific events; the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics, the competing of the joint table tennis- and football teams in 1991, the cooperation happening during the “sunshine policy”, from 1998 until 2008, as well as the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. READ MORE